Obituary: Byron F. Rea

1948-2006

He was born Dec. 2, 1948, in Buffalo, Mo., the son of Byron Forrest and Crystal Theresa Lind Rea. He graduated from Parkview High School in Springfield, Mo., and attended Southwest Missouri State University.

Mr. Rea worked as a train dispatcher for Burlington-Northern Santa Fe Railroad for 37 years. He was a member of the American Train Dispatchers Association.

He married Carol "Kelly" Sue Reberry on May 2, 1970, in Springfield, Mo. She survives of the home.